Mordant dyestuffs and process of making same



Patented July 29, 1924.

j UNITE'DQSTATES PATIENT OFFICE.

THEODORE LOMBARD, OF-IBASEL, SWITZERLAND. ASSIGNOB TO THE FIRM, DUBAND &HUGU'ENIN S. A., 01 BASEL, SWITZERLAND.

MORDANT DYESTUFFS AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tmiooonn LoMBARo, a citizen of the Swviss Republic,and resident. of Basel, Switzerland, have invented 6 new and usefulMordant Dyestuffs and Processes of Making Same, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification.

In the specification of the German Patent 10 No. 119,863 mordantdyestuffs are described which are produced by the condensation ofamino-oxycarboxylic acids of the .benzol and naphthalene series withquinones (benzeuinone, chloranil, betanaphthoquinone).

rom the relative proportions specified therein, it is to be inferredthat these productsaremono-anilido compounds, resulting from thecondensation of one molecular proportion of an amino-oxycarboxylicacid'20 with one molecular proportion of quinone.

These dyestuifs yield 'brown shades on chrome-mordanted fibre, butappear not to have attained any particular importance in practice;

I have found that such condensation products, formedby the reaction oftwo molecular proportions of an amino-salicylic acid bod with onemolecular proportion of .chloranif: are transformed into new. andvaluable dyestuffs by treatment in concen trated sulfuric acid at raisedtemperature.

These dyestuffs differ greatly from the di- Application filed May 7,

1823. Serial No. 637,353.

g The new reaction appears not to be common to all bodies of this class,but to be confined to particular cases. This transformation ofdianilido-dichlorquinones into new substances cannot be considered as inany way analogous to the processes described in the specifications ofthe German Patent 253,091 and its patents of addition in whichdianilidoor dinaphthyl-aminobenzo-quinones in general are heated bythemselves, or insolvents of high boiling point. The products resultingtherefrom cannot be vatted, and must be sulfonated for use as dyestuffs.The process according to the present invention furnishes, at

lower temperatures, mordant dyestuffs, at once suitable for use, thealkali salts thereof being soluble in water. It is restricted tosubstances derived, on the one hand, from a chlorinated benzoquinone, asfor instance chloranil, t'richlorotoluquinone, and, on the other hand,from para-amino-salicylic acid, or ortho-amino-salicylic acid, theirana-' logues, homologues and derivatives.

The condensation of an amino-salicylic acid body with chloranil iseffected, in a very simple manner, by warming them, in aqueoussuspension and in the presence of sodium acetate as the acid-fixingagent.

Thus, for example, ara-amino-salicylic acid is condensed with c loranilas follows In one litre of water are suspended fortynine grams ofchloranil (previously mo1stened with a little alcohol) and sixty-fivegrams of para-amino-salicylic acid, fifty-five grams of crystallizedsodium acetate being added. The whole is heated to boiling for 4, or 5,hours and is kept stirred. Twenty- 'five to thirty cubic centimeters ofconcentrated hydrochloric acid are added to the mixture, which is thenfiltered hot. The

product is washed with ten perfint hydrow chloric acid, at from 40;tocentigrade followed by washing with water. [The product is then pressedand dried,' a yield of from 85 to 88 grams being obtained.

In place of para-amino-sahcyl c acid, use may be made ofortho-amino-sahcyhc acid,

ra-amino-ortho-cresotinic acid, nitro-amino-salicylic acid OH :COOH :NO:NH 1 2:6:4 and other derivatives of amino-sallcylic acid. v B Mannersin which the invention may be performed are illustrated by thefollowingexamples Example I.

grams of the condensation product from para-amino-salicylic acid andchlo-ranil, prepared by the foregoing process, are

stirredinto 200 grams of concentrated sulfuric acid, of 98 per centstrength. The 16 solution is heated to from 100 to 105 centi ade duringfrom 3 to 4 hours. The co or, which is, at first, blue-violet, gradual-1 becomes pure blue. 'A sample, when diluted with water, should give adeposit of violet flakes. When filtered off and treated with sodiumcarbonate solution we obtain a red-violet solution, and a pure bluesolution when the carbonate is in excess Dianilido-quinone The new 6yestufi (duct 1mm to (product after i t e treatment with treatment gg ll g g gf sulfuric acid).

Color 0! solution in concentrated H1804.

Blue-violet Pure blue.

Aiero dilution with Brown precipitate; Violet precipitate.

Color 01' solution in a 1 0 solution of Na: 0:.

Brown-yellown Fuchsine red; with excess of soda, blue with greenishtinge.

Color of solution Violet' blue an NaOH (36 136.). w

gre h tinge on dilution.

Fuchsine red; brown on dilution.

Dyein on ehrome- Brown mor ted fibre.

Violet, with bluish tinge.

Ewample I I A similar result can obtained by using the dianilidocompound from two molecular proportions of para-amino-ortho-cresotinicwhen the reaction has ceased, the product with acid and one molecularproportion of chlor anil.

The dyestufi' prepared therefrom furnishes shades which are bluer thanthose obtained according to Example I.

Product after treattrated sulfuric acid.

Color of solution in Blue-black concentrated Green.

After dilution with Brown precipitate. Blue precipitate.-

are

Red, afterwards blue.

ment with concen-' Color of solution in Red-violet.-.

Dy on chroma Brown Navy blue. mor anted fibre.

In place of the quinone-dianilide from para-amino-salicylic acid, usemay be'made of the analogous substance from nitroamino-salicylic acid,OH :COOH :NO :NI-L- 1:2 :6 :4. The dyestufi resulting in this case givesa deeper shade than that obtained by proceeding according to Example I.The same, or a ver similar substance is obtained when the initialmaterial for Example I (the condensation product from two molecularproportions of amino-salicylic acid with one molecular porportion ofchloranil) dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid is nitrated at alower temperature. In this case the transformation under the influenceof the concentrated sulfuric acid, according to the present invention,proceeds at a lower temperature than is the case without nitration andconsequently the new dyestuif isYobtained in a very simple manner bysimultaneous nitration and condensation.

It has further been observed that this transformation of thequinone-dianilido bodies into the new dyestufi's in concentratedsulfuric acid is also favored and takes place at a lower temperature bythe presence of oxydizing agents in the mass. For instance thequinone-dianilido body obtained from chloranil and ara-amino-salicylicacid can be transformed into a new corresponding dyestufi' inconcentrated sulfuric acid and in presence of chromic acid at ordinarytemperature. Chromic acid may also-with a similar effect-be replaced byother convenient oxydizing agents.

Ewample III.

24 grams of the same initial product as I that used in Example I, arestirred into 240 grams of concentrated sulfuric acid. The solution iscooled down to zero centigrade and 42 grams of mixed acid (mixture ofnitric and sulfuric acid) .containing 15 per cent of HNO are slowlydropped in, whilst the solution is stirred and the temperature preventedfrom rising above +110 centigrade. As soon as all the mixed acid hasbeen added, the refrigerating bath is removed, and the reaction mixtureis allowed to become of ordinary temperature. It is then raised to 80centigrade in the course of two hours, and maintained art-between 80 and90 centigrade for two hours longer when a sample dissolved in dilutecaustic soda should yield "a pure blue solution.

After beingcooled, the product is poured onto ice water and furthertreated in the manner described in Example I.

Properties of the new product.

Color of solution in concentrated Greemsh bhm sulfuric aci Afterdilution with water Red-violet precipitate.

Color of solution in 10% soda solution.

Red; blue with excess of soda.

Dg 'ging on chrome-mordanted Blue, with reddish tinge.

In this example, the initial product used in Example II (thecondensation product from chloranil and para-amino-ortho-cresotinicacid) can also be used.

N itration can also be effected in the final stage with similar results;that is, the operations are conducted in accordance with Example I, orExample II, and the product is nitrated in the solution in concentratedsulfuric acid after condensation.

Ewample V.

24 grams of the same initial product as A that used in Example I, arestirred into hereinbefore described.

Example V.

48 grams of the same initial product as that used-in Example I areintroduced into 480 grams of concentrated sulfuric acid of 96 per centstrength. The solution is cooled down to zero centigrade. 20 grams of'potash chromate are poured in while cooling to maintain the temperaturealways between zero and 10 centigrade. When all the potash chromate isintroduced, the mass is still stirred for several hours at ordinarytem-* perature longer when a sampledissolved in a solution of soda inexcess yields a blue 001- oration. The mass is poured into ice water,

of the dyestufi' of Example I.

What'Iclaim is2' g 1. A process for the preparation ofmordant dyestuffsconsisting in condensing a quinone-dianilido-compound obtained from onemolecular proportion of chlorinated benzo-quinone and-two molecularproportions of an amino-salicylic acid body, in concentrated sulfuricacid.

2. A process for the preparation of mordant dyestufi's consisting incondensing a. quinone-dianilido-compound obtained from one molecularproportion of chloranil and two molecular proportions of an amino--salilcylic acid body, in concentrated sulfuric ac1 3. A process for thepreparation of mordant dyestuffs consisting in condensing aquinone-dianilido-compound obtained from one molecular proportion ofchloranil and two molecular proportions of a derivative ofamiino-salicylic acid, in concentrated sulfuric aci 4. A process for thepreparation of mordant dyestuffs consisting in condensing aquinone-dianilido-compound obtained from one molecular proportion ofchloranil and two molecular proportions of para-amino salicylic acid, inconcentrated sulfuric acid.

5. A process for the preparation of morda-nt dyestuifs consisting incondensin under heat a quinoneianilido-compoun obtained from onemolecular proportion of chlorinated benzo-quinone and two molecularproportionsof an aminosalicylic acid body, in concentrated sulfuricacid.

6. A process for the preparation of mordant dyestuffs consisting incondensing a quinone-dianilido compound obtained from one molecularproportion of chloranil and two molecular proportions of amino-salicylicacid in concentrated sulfuricacid in combination with an oxydizing agentat a lower temperature.

7. A process for the preparation of mordant dyestuffs consisting incondensing a quinone-dianilido-compound obtained from chloranil andamino-salicylic acid in concentrated sulfuric acid in combination with anitration to allow of operating at lower temperature.

8. A process for the preparation 01' mor- Y 9. As new articles ofmanufacture, the;

herein described mordant dyestuffs resulting from the condensation, inconcentrated sulfuric acid, of a quinone-dianilido-compound obtainedfrom chlorinated benzoquinone and an amino-salicylic acid body anddyeing the,

- fibre of very fast, dark violet-blue tints, having their tinctorialproperties intensified by introduction of nitro groups and being solu-15 ble in Water in form of alkali salts.

10. As new articles of manufacture, the

herein described mordant dyestufi's resulting from the condensation, inconcentrated sulfuric acid, of a quinone-dianilido-compound torialproperties intensified by introduction of nitro groups and being solublein water in form of alkali salts.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 26th day ofApril,1923, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

THEODORE LOMBARD.

Witnesses:

- ERNST BoDMER,

AMAND FRANCE-

